Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Waste of time IMO. More weight + less reps is the way to go.
Originally posted by: Staley8
You can, it's called a drop set. I assume you are talking taking like 80lbs and doing 4-6, then quickly grabbing 55lbs and doing as many as you can, then finishing with say 30lbs as many as you can. I wouldn't do it all the time but once a month toss it in is good for you. I also am not a personal trainer though.
edit: and by the way, no matter how much weight you are doing you should push to failure. If you can do more than 12 (depending on your goals of course) without getting to failure, you are doing to light of weight
Originally posted by: iamme
bump for some more opinions.
will this help build muscle faster? or will it matter?
Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: Staley8
You can, it's called a drop set. I assume you are talking taking like 80lbs and doing 4-6, then quickly grabbing 55lbs and doing as many as you can, then finishing with say 30lbs as many as you can. I wouldn't do it all the time but once a month toss it in is good for you. I also am not a personal trainer though.
edit: and by the way, no matter how much weight you are doing you should push to failure. If you can do more than 12 (depending on your goals of course) without getting to failure, you are doing to light of weight
BS. You don't need to go to 'failure' to get bigger or stronger.
Koing
Originally posted by: Staley8
Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: Staley8
You can, it's called a drop set. I assume you are talking taking like 80lbs and doing 4-6, then quickly grabbing 55lbs and doing as many as you can, then finishing with say 30lbs as many as you can. I wouldn't do it all the time but once a month toss it in is good for you. I also am not a personal trainer though.
edit: and by the way, no matter how much weight you are doing you should push to failure. If you can do more than 12 (depending on your goals of course) without getting to failure, you are doing to light of weight
BS. You don't need to go to 'failure' to get bigger or stronger.
Koing
Ummmm, why would you not go to failure? Also I never said you NEED to go to failure to get bigger or stronger, I said you SHOULD push to failure. I guess I"m implying that if you want to see results faster lift intensely and lift to failure.
Originally posted by: Koing
No man. Going to failure is not good all the time. You 'shouldn't push to failure' when you train. You can over train and get no results or less results because your body is beat all the time.
You can do this more if your on a number of drugs ala BB style as you are 'normal' but your body is in over drive.
Just bench once or twice a week, eat well and do squats and you will see results in a few months. You got to give it time. Also remember some people are luckier then others to start with. Some guys are stick thin and don't add weight so easily. Some guys just a bit more and train and pack on A LOT of weight. Some guys are just big built to start with. You see Arnie? Well he was never 'skinny' thin guy. He was pretty big and thick bodied before he got in to BB. It gives you an advantage but if you train, eat, sleep properly you can get there.
Koing
Don't you work for Cosmo?Originally posted by: AndrewR
You're basically talking about pyramid training -- start lighter, go heavy, go back down to light. The variation I use, partially because it's faster, is half-pyramid, which simply means taking off the third step (work up to maximum then quit). I will sometimes throw in a superset of a really light weight after my maximum to get a really good burn.
If you weightlift at all, I highly suggest reading Muscle & Fitness. They have some great stuff in there. Even if you don't follow what they say exactly, you can get some good ideas on how to vary your training, and the monthly focus on a particular exercise will expand your knowledge about human musculature which enables you to develop personalized weight training plans to match your goals.
By the way, I don't work for M&F.
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
I'm a tall,long limbed,long torsed person with slender muscles I'm noticing some real overall improvements since I added squats and stiff legged lifts to my routine. Really spend some time getting your form down before worrying about greatly upping the weights and do full squats,it's easier on the knees. Also,eat well,lots of good protein,veggies,lots of water,several small meals thruout the day.
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Don't you work for Cosmo?Originally posted by: AndrewR
You're basically talking about pyramid training -- start lighter, go heavy, go back down to light. The variation I use, partially because it's faster, is half-pyramid, which simply means taking off the third step (work up to maximum then quit). I will sometimes throw in a superset of a really light weight after my maximum to get a really good burn.
If you weightlift at all, I highly suggest reading Muscle & Fitness. They have some great stuff in there. Even if you don't follow what they say exactly, you can get some good ideas on how to vary your training, and the monthly focus on a particular exercise will expand your knowledge about human musculature which enables you to develop personalized weight training plans to match your goals.
By the way, I don't work for M&F.